Had a similar experience with an auto repair shop who gave me the old “we legally can’t allow you to drive this car” bit, over a cracked radiator cap. I pulled out my phone and told the repair shop “I’ll bet the police would say otherwise...” and walked around while I actually spoke to a buddy of mine who fixes cars.

Neutral: Move his company’s HQ to a secret volcano lair? Shave his head and appear in every video carrying a white cat? Reveal that Tesla’s quest for dominance of the EV market also involves an intricate plan in which one day all Tesla vehicles on the road imprison and hold their owners for ransom?

OK, and that’s fine, but like - ignoring the gopping front, the rest seems kinda derivative, no? Is it “standing out” if you’re aping a Lexus from the B-pillar back?

But a different front bumper costs pennies to develop compared to the rest of the car. Take the 4-series. You could change just the front bumper and you’d have a decent looking car. They could quite happily keep doing the hideous mole rat teeth for markets where that works, and give Europe and North America a decent…

Uh-huh, sure. And in 1958 Ford thought they were hot shit with the Edsel’s horse collar/toilet seat grille:

What I don’t understand is BMW’s decision to insult boomers. It was the boomers who bought the cars that built BMW. It is the boomers who can still afford their more expensive (and profitable offerings). And yet they go out of their way to insult boomers.

Yeah, this is what it’s like to no longer be the target demographic. Cartoony, overly-bombastic styling with enormous grills is what sells amongst the affluent in Asia and the Middle East.

Bravo for posting a Bangle-butt BMW from the only angle where the actual Bangle-butt is not discernible.

I’ve seen the M440i in person, a neighbor either works at the dealership or has an ungodly rotation of brand new BMWs for a townhome owner, and it looks somehow not bad in blue/black. It doesn’t have the front plate on though.
I am not a fan of the grille at all, but the rest of it looks like an evolution of the mid-th…

So, the Germans had too much lager and witbier one night, watched an “Angry Beavers” marathon for some reason, and decided to design beaver teeth onto everything as a joke. And are now telling us we simply don’t understand their humor. And that since it's German, it must be good. Ja?

I had a ‘13 Mustang at the Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise several years ago. It was the 3.7-liter manual with the V6 performance package. A C-4 ‘Vette pulled up next to me at a red light and seemed to want to have a go at it. I beat him to the next stop light by more than a car length and he indicated he wanted to do it…

It’s such a weird relationship: Tesla, SpaceX, Elon...

its super heavy and had some other interesting handling characteristics.

They don’t actually need rockets to make the car “hop”. Bose did it with a suspension:

Jason, I’ll have you know that Teslas can already travel in hops.

I swear that he could make the car emit “Pepperoni Dog Fart” scents and people would be like “Wow, the Tesla likes dogs! Now I can control it with a leash.”

Pre-emptive

I like to drive with the steering column height adjustment unlocked so I can enable another dimension while turning.

This is a classic “Nice Price FOR THIS CAR or No Dice”, not “Would I Buy This Car for This Price”. Someone who wants some luxury, snazzy nameplate, and flexibility will find this a NP. Personally, you couldn’t pay me to drive this abomination, but it is provided well for what it is. NP

This is one of those concepts that is “fine” if you play its rules, but will be indescribably maddening if you need it to do something counter to its logic.